Cyclo cross bike

Sturdy enough to hit the trails or the odd 'cross race and cool enough to rock up to the pub on, the Genesis Day One Cross is a real all-rounder. As supplied it's a fun and capable road/path iron, and with a few tweaks it'll easily handle the rougher stuff. At £499 it's not going to break the bank either - if you're looking for an entry-level racer for the off season or just a winter hack it's a good buy.

Genesis Day One - shouldering 2

Genesis Day One - riding 3

Genesis Day One - shouldering 1

Genesis Day One - riding 2

Genesis Day One - riding 1

Genesis Day One Cross - full bike

Winter's here, folks. Long behind us are the sunny afternoons on sticky tarmac with a pristine road machine between the thighs: it's time to get muddy. That might be on your winter hack on muck-strewn lanes, or atop your MTB but what you really want is a a bit of cyclocross action. The season for the traditional winter fitness keeper-upper is in full swing now, and we'll be seeking out a couple of local races to put our new test machine through its paces: the Genesis Day One Cross.

We're busy uploading all the pics we took at Eurobike, right now we're going live with a big gallery of time trial bikes (check out the Kestrel) and we will be adding another very soon, plus, Pro's bikes, including two of Mark Cavendish's bikes, Pellizotti's King of the Mountain bike, assorted TT bikes, and Fabian Cancellara's time trial bike which the nice guys at Specialized got out of it's glass case for us to have a look at, oh and there's his yellow jersey bike… in fact there's two of 'em, Oh and Alberto and Lance have got summat in there too to round it out… and there's more to come.

Cube SL Cross